Amusement device



Y coin;

A claims;

Patented Dec. 8, y19625. d

` maenner-Lamellen or Bneoaernraw mais# 7 l AMUSEMEQNT 'nnvronfapplicati@ flied February 19, 1.925. serial No." iog'aelil To all'whlom'z'tlmcayxconcem: I

' Be it known l' that I, CHARLES' Finisonnm acitizen of the UnitedStates, and' a resident ofthe city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, inthe countyof Kings and State of* Thisinvention', relates to amusementde-` vices,V an object of theinventionfbeing to provide an amusementdevice whichI will test the sk illof the operator in'` manipulating thefurther objectgis vto provide 'adevice'of this character whicjlififlsuccessfully operated will return thev cointo the operator, butfifunsuccessfully:operated it will drop into a cashfcompartinent, but willindicate by the travel orf'inovement it Vtakesso-me Vanswer' to aquestion or other data in thenatureof fortune tellinge A further objectis Vto* provide an apparatus'of this character which can be manufacturedand soldat a reasonably low price and which will most'eflicientlyperform the fune tions for which it is intended'.V w i Y With these andother objectswin View, the inventionconsistsin 'certain novel featuresof" construction and' combinations and arrangements ofparts which willbemorefully hereinafter `described and pointed'out injthe Figure lisaview in front elevation illus# trating my amusementldevice;

Figure 2'isa view ,in rear elevation of theV metal plate whichconstitutes my device yper 1 :se removed from the 'cabinet with which itis designed rtobe connected, as shown' in Figure 3 is a View in verticalsection on an enlarged' scale vonthe line 3 3 ure 1; Y

Figures 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 are enlarged fragmentary views in section onthe lines 4 4, 5 5, 6 6, 7 7 and 8 8, respectively, of Figure 1.

1 represents a cabinet having a removable plate or plates 2, the latterpreferably provided with dowels 3 at its upper end projecting intorecesses 4 in the top 5 of cabinet l and having a lock 6 at its lowerend tol engage a suitable member 7 on the bottom 8 of the cabinet toIsecure the plate or front 2 against fraudulent removal.

of FigoaY the plate 2'; il Secam what constitutes my improved device A,and--thisdevice in the main comprises a metal plate @feasting-9;

5 -I fwould--have 4it 1-unders-tood` that I employ this termfcastfinglin -its broadestsensei1to-y includea single 'member which'flmay bei castor otherwise formed andpreferably of metall This casting -9isfs'ecuredtothe p lateor i front 2 by hidden screws 10 and has a Harigei 5 11 throughoutI the-greater portion of its edge socthat the" mainportion of the` casting-fis olif-set' "or spaced from `the cabinetfront2Aa distance slightly greater1 ,than V the thickness ofthe'coin to?beusedl "fg" This casing 91has a transparent plate-12 Isecured' thereininy any approved mannerso. that. this-transparent plate'l 12 f disclosesav y'series off inclined platforms orl-ohute's113'atopposite sides lofthe center lineY of the device over which al coin siich as illustratedat14 may passv irl-its passage into the` cabinet 1.

Adjacent the top of'they vdevieea longer chute', or guide 1 5v isvprovided which extends to the outside ofthe castingQandterminates l ina curved receptacle'llv which will receive and hold a `coin14 ifftheoperator successfully manipulates the same topth'etop of env thedevice,Y as will more fullyhereinafter appear.

A downwardV extension 17 isfOrmed on the casting 9 and ismade with alongitudinal slot 18 through which'a knob or fingerhold 19l on abar' 20'projects. This Ibar 20 is guided by webs2l-'formed` inthe casting andspacedapart, and an opening 23 is formed 'in thexcasting between: t-liewebs 21-X to admitI a coin; 14 into position` above thel upper end oftliegbar 20. .'*This` upper end [of the bar 20y may-be somewhat,enlargedf and; recessed, f

as shown at 24,' so as to affordthedesired support for the coins. y

"djace'nt the severalV chutes? or; inclined,

as indicated in Figurel, which will indicate or express to the operatorsome meaning if the coin moves down that chute andy falls through any ofa series of openings 25 in the front 2 of cabinet 1. The operation iskas follows: y

. A coin is inserted through the opening'23 and falls into position ontop of the bar 20. The Operator then manually moves the bar 20 in avertical direction, endeavoring to balance the coin andliold it ontheyend of thebar until it reaches a point where it will webs 13 I maylocate any desired captions,

roll down the chute and be returned to the operator. This requiresconsiderable skill and in most cases the coin will fall off the end ofthebar and roll down one of the webs or chutes 13 and fall into thecabinet. The operator reads the caption adjacent the chute and receiveseither information or amusement from the passage 'of the coin as itindicates such caption.

It is to be understood, of course, that the bar 20 is permitted acertain amount of lateral movement which if permitted will comel thecoin to fall olf the end of the bar and hence it requires a certainamount of skill to move the coin successfully through the de` i casinghaving a plurality of lateral coin out- Various slight changes andalterations might be made in the general form of the parts 'describedwithout departing from my invention, and hence I do not limit myself tothe precise detail set forth but consider myself at liberty to make suchslight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit andscope of theA appended claims,

l. An amusement device, comprising a lets, and a .movable member adaptedto balance a coin and move it between said series of outlets to aVdesired station.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a casing having a'transparent front, a plurality of inclined webs or chutesV spacesbetween the said webs or chutes, oney of said chutes extending to theoutside of `the casing for the return. of the coin and the others ofsaid chutes direct the coin into the interior of the casing. Y

4:. A device of the character described,

comprising a casing adaptedto be secured to a cabinet and having itsmain portion offset from the cabinet Y a distance slightly greater thanthe thickness of the coin to be used, a transparentportion in saidcasing,

chutes at opposite sides of the casing and Y coin by engagementwith theupper end of the bar thereof, and said casing having an opening thereinfor positioningthe coin on the upper end of the bar.v

5. A device of the character described,

comprising acasingvadapted to be securedto a cabinet and having its mainportion oli'- set from the cabinetv a distance slightly" greater thanthe thickness of the coin to be used, a. transparent portion `in Vsaidcasing, chutes atopposite sides of the casing observable through thetransparent portion, a

downwardly projecting extension on ythe casing constituting a guide, abar movable in said guide and adapted to move a coin by engagement withthe upper end of the bar thereof, and said casing having an lopeningtherein for positioning the coin on the upper end of the bar andparallel webs onv the casing at opposite sides of the opening. Y

6. A device of the character described, comprising a casing adapted tobe secured to a cabinet and having its main portion olfset from thevcabinet a distance slightly greater than the thickness of the coin to beused, a transparent portion in said casing, chutes at opposite sides ofthe casing observable through the transparent portion, a downwardlyprojecting extension on the casing constituting a guide, and a bar movlable in said guide and adapted to move a coin by engagement with t-heupper end of the bar thereof, and saidcasing having an opening thereinfor positioning the coin on the upper end ofthe bar and parallel webs onthe casing at opposite sides ofthe openingsaid extension having. alongitudinal slot therein and a knob or handheld on the bar projectingthrough the slot.

CHARLES FLEISGHER.

